Welcome to your Morning Buzz, rounding up news and views regarding the Green Bay Packers from around the web and here at PackersNews.com.

The Packers (1-0-1) got a surprise day off from practice Wednesday but will be back practicing Thursday for their game Sunday at Washington (1-1).

We'll start with Ryan Wood's look at all the conversation Wednesday regarding Clay Matthews' roughing the passer penalty, with teammates and opponents alike voicing support for the Packers' outside linebacker.

Ryan writes:

Around the league, coaches and players have come to Matthews’ defense. There’s a reason his hit resonated beyond Green Bay. Not only did it alter the outcome of a regular-season game, but it involved a 10-year veteran, a six-time Pro Bowler, one of the NFL’s most recognizable defenders.

If a game-altering penalty can be called on someone with Matthews’ credentials, it can be called on anyone.

Washington coach Jay Gruden was baffled over the Matthews penalty. He said Matthews did “everything right” on the play.

“These guys are big men,” Gruden said, “and they’re going at a high level of speed. To ask them to contort their bodies in the spur of the fraction of a second, sometimes it’s hard. You’re trying to wrap up mobile guys like Aaron Rodgers or big guys like Cam Newton or Carson Wentz, you’re putting these guys in a pickle.

“It’s just a tough deal but it’s something that we have to continue to monitor and coach and do the best we can.”